Keeping watch on aggressor satellites a key challenge for U.S. Space Force

Space Force aims to provide a “global capability to positively ID an adversary committing an orbital attack” By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 17 April 2023 COLORADO SPRINGS — The U.S. Space Force is facing a new challenge in its role to safeguard the country’s satellites from foreign threats, as

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SPACECOM ops head ‘tired of the the excuses’ about satellite tracking gaps

By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 8 April 2023 Not happy with America's ability to precisely track adversarial satellites, Maj. Gen. David Miller fumed, "Somebody's got to figure this out. The American people have paid for this. Somebody's got to deliver." WASHINGTON — US Space Command’s urgent requirement for

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Absolutely critical’ to get DARC space situational system to Australia: Space Forces Indo-Pacific head

Engineers from Johns Hopkins APL and government partners stand in front of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Concept (DARC) in White Sands Missile Range, in August 2021. DARC will become the largest space tracking radar system. (Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman) By Colin Clark, Published by Breaking Defense, 7 April 2023

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New briefing: For Heaven’s Sake – Examining the UK’s Militarisation of Space

By Dave Webb and Peter BurtPublished by Dronewars UK and CND, 9 June 2022 Drone Wars UK and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) have come together to produce a new briefing that looks at the UK’s emerging military space programme and considers the governance, environmental, and ethical issues involved.

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Ground-based radar system designed to continuously detect, track and maintain custody of deep space objects

From Northrop Grumman, 23 February 2023 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a $341 million contract by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to develop, test and deliver a Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) in support of its Space Domain Awareness

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